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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, known as the SEC, is an agency of the government of the United States that acts in an independent manner. The primary focus of the agency is to enforce the laws that exist in regard to securities as well as the stock and option exchanges of the United States. One of the major programs within the SEC is the Whistleblower Program. This is a program that provides incentives for those who provide SEC Whistleblower tips. Facilitating incentives to those who report activities that violate what is known as the Commodity Exchange Act is the primary focus of the SEC Whistleblower Program.

Labaton Sucharow is a leading firm for SEC Whistleblower advocacy. The firm has a commitment to providing support to individuals who courageously come forward and expose illegal activities in the financial industry. This firm has built its reputation on being there for its brave clients who refuse to let the system become corrupted and courageously come forward to make a difference. This courage helps to ensure that there is fairness in the market and helps to ensure the safeguarding of jobs as well. To accomplish this goal of providing support to these whistleblowers, Labaton Sucharow has built up a fantastic team of experts in their field.

Jordan A. Thomas leads Labaton Sucharow and the firm’s Chair. His experience in working with SEC whistleblowers is extensive as he is one of the major contributors to the development of the SEC Whistleblower Program. This was during Mr. Thomas’s time as the SEC’s Assistant Director in its Enforcement Division. These days, he heads up the Labaton Sucharow team in providing advocacy for those brave individuals who choose to come forward and report violations to the SEC. During his time with the firm, he has helped to attain some of the most impressive results in Whistleblower Program history as well as prestigious awards.

One of the most impressive accolades accomplished by the Labaton Sucharow team occurred as a result of the advocacy the firm did for whistleblowers who came forward in reporting Merrill Lynch. This was during the 2016 calendar year and the final settlement announced by the SEC came to an impressive total of more than $400 million. This was due to the misuse of funds provided by customers and this was brought to light by brave whistleblowers that were represented by the team at Labaton Sucharow. This is just one prime example of the fantastic work that this revolutionary firm does.

Even though social responsibility is not a legal requirement, it is essential for businesses to operate in a way that benefits the society as well as the environment. This is a fact that JD.com, a China-based e-commerce retailer giant understands all too well. Since its inception, JD.com, also known as Jingdong has always been on the frontline of addressing social and environmental issues through its unique production methods as well as spreading goodwill through charity donations the less fortunate. The company always goes the extra mile in ensuring transparency with its over 300 million active users as well as suppliers and partners by informing the public about its various social responsibility projects.

For instance, it recently released a corporate social responsibility report in which it highlights its multiple projects since 2013. The report gives in-depth details on how Jingdong has been changing the lives of people as well as impacting the environment positively by highlighting some of its projects. In the past five years, JD.com has donated over a million clothing items and more than 40,000 toys to the less privileged. To enable those who come from less fortunate areas attain self-sufficiency the company sources more than 3 million of its products from rural areas.

To ensure environmental sustainability, Jingdong also reports that it replaced over 5000 fuel fleet vehicles with more energy efficient ones as a way to reduce the environmental impact caused by emissions from the latter. In addition, its environmental sustainability initiatives such as the Green Stream Initiative has helped reduce emissions and waste significantly through recycling. As a result, this has been beneficial to the society, the environment as well as to JD.com as some of its social responsibility programs enable it to cut costs. For instance, in the report, the company says that through its innovative program it has been able to save approximately 250 million meters of packaging tape.

About JD.com

As mentioned at the beginning, Jingdong is a China-based e-commerce giant. It is situated explicitly in Beijing and is among the pioneers of online shopping in the Asian realm. Led by Richard Liu, the company has been changing the perception of business through its innovative use of technology for the greater benefit of everyone. It is the largest online retail company in the region.

Alex Hern is the CEO of Tsunami VR. His technology company is ready to take advantage of the new 5G towers being built in different cities. 5G is faster and it improves latency of receiving and sending information. Alex Hern has created a software that would improve how offices around the business world will collaborate with each other. The software to improve collaboration in the office is called XR or Across Reality. XR will allow people to use almost any device such as a laptop or smartphone.

Alex Hern will have his XR software in a market that has seen companies like Google spend $1.4 billion for hardware created by a company called Magic Leap. Alex Hern has been able to move forward in an industry that allows XR technology seem more real. Technology that is finding its’ way into several different new software applications.

Expert Alex Hern understands XR technology is quite flexible and encompasses several different terms such as virtual reality or augmented reality. There is a lot of room for growth for XR technology because it can offer users the flexibility.

Serge Belamant founded blockchain technologies. He started his life out in France, but was not very old when his family moved to Africa. Upon moving to Africa he had to learn to speak and read the English language. Serge Belamant grew very quickly, and eventually went off to study computer science. Upon graduating from school Serge Belamant worked for many different companies before settling on the career he wanted.

Serge Belamant used his skills and learning to help create technological ideas that would advance and change the way we know banking systems. The things that he created changed banking for the better. He gained a talent for digital transactions, and knew that this would make banking processes quicker and more convenient.

Serge has developed many things that have made banking easier over the years including chip cars and digital payment systems. He recently helped to found a company called Zilch Technologies which was developed in the United Kingdom. The idea for this company came from Belamant’s son. They thought that it could help younger people out with financial products that were affordable to them. Serge brings his ideas to life through hard work and determination. It does not come easy, but if you set your mind to something you can and will accomplish it.

Serge Belamant has always been a hard working individual who sets his dreams high and does not stop until he reaches them. Belamant has truly changed the way we once knew banking, but he changed it for the better. Belamant is a man who wants to see progress within the world. He wants to create things that will make life easier, and that is just what he did. He create a way to make banking quicker, easier, and much more convenient. Belamant is changing the way of the future.

Michael Nierenberg serves at New Residential Investment Corp. as its manager and Board Chairman. He became a board member in 2013 before being promoted into the leadership position in 2016. Michael Nierenberg aspiration to achieve success commenced during his early life upon the completion of studies. He had worked at different organizations before settling at New Residential Investment. The prestigious firms that he had interacted with include Fortress, the Bank of America and JP Morgan. At Fortress, his exemplary performance was almost being rewarded before he switched companies. At JP Morgan, he was responsible for heading the Global Securitized items produced.

Serving as an executive in these companies was not sufficient for Mr. Nierenberg. He has played significant roles in guiding other organizations including the Bear Sterns for over fourteen years. At the company, Michael’s roles entailed heading the corporation’s foreign exchange marketing affairs and co-chairing the mortgage-backed securities. Each working instance provided him with a clear view of the professional world. He thus gained sufficient knowledge, expertise and exposure necessary to help him in the management operations at New Investment Corp.

Recently, Reuters, the globe’s multimedia provider for news featured Mr. Nierenberg. The hugest news feed provided the detailed working experience of Michael. Reuters also demonstrated the stock on the organization under the guidance of Mr. Nierenberg. Under his management, he had traded share worth 1,150,000 costing $14.75. Michael and his colleagues work exhaustively at New Residential Investment Corp. Other stock markets regarding the shares sold by the company’s CEO include trading 558,708 for $15.38 and 1,369,531 for approximately $18.66.

His operations at the company contribute immensely to the growth of the organization. He uses his skill learned in school and experience gained from other companies. Michael attended the Amherst College and the Wharton Business School situated at Pennsylvania University. He graduated with a Business Administration undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. He has experienced growth nurturing his skills and developing the appropriate attitude to work with people. At the organization, Mr. Nierenberg associates with eminent individuals including Robert McGinnis, David Saltsman, and Alan Tyson among others. Reuters reports Mr. Michael as an icon in the business industry.

Eric Lefkofsky is one of the most powerful people in the field of technology in Chicago and the Co-founder of Groupon. During his life, he donated millions of dollars for the cancer research. He is now struggling hard and following a startup company which is in the race of finding the cure of cancers. Since Mr. Lefkofsky left his CEO position at Groupon, Chicago Inno after that learned that he has been working with a health-tech startup named as Tempus. This health-tech startup was focusing on to build the infrastructure which could modernize the cancer treatment. Their company was also found working silently with the Lightbank. It’s a VC firm of early-stage whose founder is Mr. Eric Lefkofsky.

Few people who have the knowledge of matter about the company state that Mr. Lefkofsky is the company’s president of a corporate/LLC search through the Illinois Secretary of State for Tempus Health Inc. According to a website of Tempus, it says that it is actually serving the healthcare professionals and doctors who make personalized and real-time treatment decisions on the basis of patient’s data. They make these decisions by analyzing a patient’s genetic code in the context of molecular therapies. According to Tempus, the advanced genomic sequencing and analysis methods are used by them which aid doctors to understand a tumor of a patient better. According to their website, the data collected by Tempus is useful in a sense to help doctors to create better care plans and treatment for the patients.

The Tempus website also proclaims that it gathers and analyzes the huge amount of genomic data by using proprietary algorithms and statistical analysis. This collected data is used to reveal opportunities for a patient’s physician by providing more modified and precise medicine. After working with patients with pancreatic, lungs and breast cancer, Tempus believes that it can find cures for more types of cancers in the future eventually. Through the Lefkofsky Family Foundation, Mr. Eric and his Wife Liz often donate money for cancer research causes. About over $1 million was donated by Mr. Eric to the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Robert H. Lurie at Northwestern University.

Dick DeVos is one of the top businessmen in the country. His father Rich DeVos was as well. Now that Dick DeVos has joined the FAA and co-founded his own business, he has come into his own. He now is the owner of a private equity firm called The Windquest Group, which helps organizations who want to make the world a better place, including businesses like Boxed Water. In addition, DeVos is committed to philanthropy work. However, what has he done that qualifies him to work with the Federal Aviation Administration?

Well, in a word, everything. He has done everything possible to help his airport in his hometown, and because of his commitment, the airport has skyrocketed in growth, leading to record-breaking sales and passengers in 2018. The growth has continued for a number of years, following a single phone call that DeVos made to the CEO of AirTran Airways in early 2000s.

The call was made on behalf of the Gerald R. Ford International Airport. Once the call was made, the airport was bound to be successful. DeVos had a connection with the CEO and was able to bring in new destinations. These new flights would cause a frenzy with ticket sales, and soon, those sales boomed. The economic boom taking place in Grand Rapids was finally on a rising trend after years of stagnant economic prospects.

Devos continued to help the airport through major changes and upgrades. Southwest came to the airport, and there were rumors that it would shut down terminals belonging to AirTran Airways. However, DeVos made another phone call and helped the airport once more. His partnership has placed the airport on the map and led to such a huge increase in sales that there were 3.26 million passengers in the airport in 2018.

DeVos has been working with the FAA’s council now for over a year. His insights into the business aspect of airports has helped tremendously to prepare new budgets, policies, and future growth opportunities. Last year, the FAA made considerable changes to certain policies and budgets, including a new renovation announced for the GSO Tower that would cost $40 million.

While the council only meets once every quarter, DeVos is one of the key members of the council to have experience in what the FAA is looking to do across America with every airport. President Trump challenged the aviation industry in one of his first addresses, stating that America’s airports had fallen behind. Ever since then, there has been a lot of emphasis on upgrading airports and making them a better place to fly from.

Gerald R. Ford International Airport used to be small but now it’s a bustling travel space with a new business traveler’s area and food court. He will continue to help the airport as well as its pilot training school. DeVos co-founded the school with his wife Betsy DeVos, who is the 11th US Education Secretary.

Edwin Miranda is a great professional and marketer in all fields as he has worked in quality assurance for medical companies the majority of his career. Although his career has recently taken a huge change to be the CEO of a marketing company doing quality assurance for medical companies that produced drugs prepared him better than any other place. When Edwin first graduated from college the medical industry seemed to be a perfect fit that he was qualified for. Having a degree in biologics he could understand how drugs were made and the process that took. But, Edwin had no interest in making the drugs or coming up with what drugs to make. So he took a position where he would be over quality assurance. Having his degree defiantly gave him a leg up on getting the position out of college because he would understand in his own right what the drug was for and if it was safe.
During his thirty three year career in this he naturally moved up the ladder but more importantly he was a great marketer for selling the drug. Being highly intelligent, charismatic, and already having dealt with the faults before going to the FDA made it easy for him to sell them on the drug and get it to market much faster than what other people in the same position had done in the past. But a while back he ended his career with this to take on his own company and grow the marketing industry. As a naturally technical savvy person he is making sure that his company not only keeps up with the technology on the market but anticipates it so that the companies which hire him never feel as if they are behind the process or behind in what they could use to market to customers.

At only 40 years old, Dan Bethelmy-Rada is the Global Brand President in the L’Oreal Professional Products Division. He has over 15 years experience in the cosmetics industry. He has previously worked for Garnier. Despite being so young, he has lived in several countries and he has traveled the world. He was born in Venezuela and he has lived in Paris and the United States. As he has traveled, he has taken part in one of his main hobbies, photography.

His love for photography has allowed him to see the world in ways he had not expected. By looking at and studying other cultures, he has a better appreciation of the different ways the world sees beauty. There are many ways for people to be beautiful. He takes that knowledge into his work. He often uses his photos to inspire his team during meetings. One of his main jobs at L’Oreal is to work with small teams to market the L’Oreal global brand. He is also passionate about making L’Oreal a more inclusive and diverse workplace.

Dan Bethelmy-Rada uses social media to see the latest trends around the world. One thing he has noticed is the way people are empowering themselves with unconventional hair colors and styles. Dan Bethelmy-Rada also works to empower people with his charity work. He has worked with the LBGTQ+ community and organizations that help with the refugee crisis.

Dan Bethelmy-Rada has such a busy schedule that he knows that time management is key to his success. He makes sure to make time for his family. He has adopted two children with his husband, and he knows that work is important, but family is his number one priority. He has found such success in his career, and he has achieved so much at such a young age, but he has learned to pace himself and enjoy every minute.

Genucel Company is prominent for its effort to give the abuse victims second chance to self- realize themselves after being physically and emotionally abused. Most women have fear to share their problems, but with a place hosting such people, they gain confidence as they have a feeling of belonging somewhere. Genucel works hard to provide products to repair damaged skin resulted from physical abuse. They have adopted modern technology that is made with natural products to enhance skin healing. This technology improves the appearance of people by removing divots and wrinkles. When victims of physical abuse suffer from the stress, they get an aging appearance with wrinkles.

Genucel has established many products using Chamonix Genucel plant which consists of natural active elements to manufacture efficient and convenient treatment products for the skin. These products are offered at fordable prices and are readily available in various online marketing platforms. The products are in multiple sizes and different types to give options to the buyer. Some of the Genucel products include; Genucel plant stem cell Therapy for bags and puffiness, especially for the eyes. They also provide anti-aging products to give people looks they desire.

Genucel products are readily available and convenient. Victims are offered with a 60-day package that serves numerous purposes which include; reducing fine lines, under-eye puffiness, and aging appearance. Their products have not shown any side effects on the users.

Genucel by Chamonix company has joined hands with other associations such as Women Aware to provide a place for survivors. Women Aware was founded in 1981 with the primary focus to provide basic needs for survivors in New Jersey. The association also provides access to emergency shelter as well as recovery programs to those people experiencing domestic-based violence. They have hired experts to get often to know what they are going through they recommend treatment methods which include self-recovery methods. The experts keep reminding people how much they are worth, beautiful and their families love them. The association began the Moving Beyond 5-K Race and Charity walk. This walk is conducted annually to create awareness among women on how they can free themselves from abuse and start a new life full of happiness.

Community members contribute to raising funds to serve women facing abuse. Women Aware has also established contact lines which operate throughout to help and provide advice to clients on how they can manage stress and avoid domestic violence. Learn more about Genucel on LinkedIn.